Cases

The original version of this case study first appeared on Vitalizing Democracy in 2010 and was a contestant for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize. It was originally submitted by Jenny van Skiver . Public engagement was at the center of the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, a...

In 2014 the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service embarked on an extensive consultation process to review the 2008 Horse Management Plan. The Australian Alps (Snowy Mountains) in NSW is home to the world's largest population of wild horses, known as Brumbies. The horses have a significant impact...

In 2002 the Western Australian department of planning and infrastructure undertook a community consultation to consider two possible routes for the transport of agricultural lime. Agriculture in one part of WA has resulted in increasing acidification of the soil; lime is used to counteract this effect. Millions of tonnes of...

In 2014 the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities undertook an extensive stakeholder and community consultation program to help plan the future of public education in inner Sydney area. Projected population growth prompted by urban renewal will lead to an increase in families living in the area, and...